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Most feeble overpayment?

gallygirl
gallygirl Posts: 17,238 Forumite
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Paid £2.60 into bank account via Post Office today, then transferred to mortgage.

Payoff date still Aug 2017, but saved £4.29 interest:rotfl:

Do this at least once a week. Woman in PO v confused!;)

I have to do this as I can't find a suitable mortgage pig. Want to pay off early to retire to Spain, but can't find appropriate 'pig'. Any suggestions?
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
:) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
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  • Broken_hearted
    Broken_hearted Posts: 9,553 Forumite
    Every little helps
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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    And also doing my bit to keep sub post offices open!!!!!!!!!!!!
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,878 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Think I can beat that. When I manage to get a £1 in either 5p/2p/1p I use that to over pay my mortgage :rotfl:

    It only happens every few months.

    As has been said every little helps.


    Yours


    Calley
    Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!

    Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz

    If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin
  • tyllwyd
    tyllwyd Posts: 5,496 Forumite
    I must admit that seems like an awful lot of fuss to me! Wouldn't it be a lot simpler to keep the money in your purse for day-to-day spending, but cut down on the cash you take out of the bank account so that you can do an overpayment once a month without the hassle of going to the Post Office?
  • halloweenqueen_2
    halloweenqueen_2 Posts: 3,312 Forumite
    Can you make a papier mache pig with a balloon?
    Add on a snout, tail and a couple of ears and the appropriate money inserting/removing orifices??
  • bluesnice
    bluesnice Posts: 113 Forumite
    yes you can... heres a link!!
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Piggybank.shtml
    Saving money is fun :A
  • Gingham_Ribbon
    Gingham_Ribbon Posts: 31,520 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    ali007 wrote:
    Paid £2.60 into bank account via Post Office today, then transferred to mortgage.

    Payoff date still Aug 2017, but saved £4.29 interest:rotfl:
    Wow! When you put it like that, you can really see how the small amounts add up to something pretty significant. If I left £2.60 in my current account at the end of the month, assuming that's all I had left in there, I'd gain nothing and end up spending it on some snack to nibble on while watching DVDs. If I just transferred it to my mortgage, It'd be like someone gave me £4.29. AND I'd still have the £2.60, because it'd be in the bricks and mortar.
    May all your dots fall silently to the ground.
  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,878 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    halloweenqueen wrote:
    Can you make a papier mache pig with a balloon?
    Add on a snout, tail and a couple of ears and the appropriate money inserting/removing orifices??


    If you Join pigsback one of there bits of merchandise is a plastic pink pig. Not as big or good looking as the ones that Martin had on make me rich.

    But would do at a push.


    Yours


    Calley
    Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!

    Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz

    If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin
  • halloweenqueen_2
    halloweenqueen_2 Posts: 3,312 Forumite
    I think I might join pigsback! I'm rubber with papier mache!
  • halloweenqueen_2
    halloweenqueen_2 Posts: 3,312 Forumite
    Rubber????????????????
    Rubbish!
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